what if the teacher doesn't like his student?
By Archaiwy
@Archaiwy (599)
China
December 6, 2011 7:33pm CST
Hi, there.Yesterday i went to my son's school to see his teacher.Talking to him,i find he doesn't like my son somehow.I'm a little frustrated.Children sepecially boys are sometimes naughty and they sometimes do terrible things.But they are only naughty, they are not bad in nature and they are in the process of growing.i wnant to explain it to him but i am afraid it will make him feel i am defending my son. My dear friends,in such circumstance,what would you do?
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16 responses
@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
7 Dec 11
Oh,I can relate to this one dear.
My son is also a bully at school when he was younger and his teacher doesn't like him to be with her class.
The teacher even asked me to put my son under home school- but my sister in law who is also a teacher approached my son's teacher,telling her that where does her "psychology lecture/class" gone.
yah, teachers studied kids psychology- so,teacher's should know better how to handle a kid..
Yes,I am also responsible-and we need to work together.
Thanks...my son behaves well now.
@taura2p (349)
• Romania
7 Dec 11
I would defend the boy, certainly. However, even if a teacher does not like one of his/ her students, he/ she should be objective when giving marks. This rarely happens, unfortunately. I think you should also bring this point into discussion with your son, and try to figure out what he has done at the classes. Maybe it will help you find a middle path between the two of them.
@mr_pearl (5018)
• India
7 Dec 11
My dear fellow myLotter, first of all stop feeling frustrated... The teacher of your son is playing the meanest and you don't have to feel bad about it. A teacher's duty is to train the students effectively, if one of the pupils isn't doing good, the entire fault is to the teacher. It is his failure... And why be upset if kids are being naughty or mischivous??? They are kids and they are supposed to be playful... There's nothing wrong with that... Please don't feel bad...
Make the teacher understand that he/she is diverting from the duty... Good luck!
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@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
7 Dec 11
I am a primary school teacher. I know when I first meet a new class I get to know the names of the special needs children and the children with challenging behavior first. I always like all the children in my class. One time I had boys with first names beginning with A and they were lovely. Two boys with first names beginning with C were very poorly behaved. I used time out and rewards fort the slightest bit of good. Yes, some boys can be naughty. I hope you speak to your son's teacher about any good things about your son. This might make the teacher like your son more. Good luck.
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@Fortunata (1135)
• United States
7 Dec 11
See if you can possibly get him transferred to another teacher's class. I don't know what kind of school your son goes to, or what the circumstances are, but when I was a child years ago in school I had a teacher that hated me, for no reason. I was shy and hardly spoke a word, yet this woman made me afraid to go to school.My Mother got to the bottom of it, and had me transferred to another class. You should defend your son. Sometimes it just doesn't work out between pupil and teacher, for whatever reason. As long as your son isn't causing the teacher problems, you should be able to get him another teacher that likes him. Believe me, it will effect your son's progress in school.
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@gaea23 (252)
• Philippines
7 Dec 11
Whatever the character of your child the teacher is supposed to be doing his/her job to mold ones character. A teacher should not look into reasons of not liking the students so he/she will be awful to the student. How can a student manage his/her differences? How can a student change for good? The teacher should guide such student so the student will be guided.
@bobosusanwang (135)
• China
7 Dec 11
If I were you, I have to find out what my kid did to make his teacher dislike her, I think it's important to find out who was wrong. But the teacher is an adult, he should not treat your kid like that, if you think he doesn't like your son, you'd better try to tranfer your son to another class if possible. Sometime awfull things happen to the kids when teachers do not like them.
Hope you can find a solution soon.
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@janevi (888)
• Philippines
7 Dec 11
Teachers generally, should not be biased towards their students. They should treat them as an individual to be fair. Students reactions are just part of their growing up and explorative attitude. They may sometimes be naughty but not bad like what you have said. Since you can't tell the teacher face to face about your thoughts about your son, maybe it would be good if you can talk to your son instead and ask him hat has he done in the school that made his teacher crossed. It would be helpful if you then talk to the teacher about it and then try to agree what would be the best solution to the problem he found about your son.I believe, the parent-teacher partnership in molding the children/students is very important so that the students or your children can be guided accordingly.
It's good to know that you really took time to go to the school of your son and meet the teacher. IT is very important to him.
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@EavesJ (95)
• United States
7 Dec 11
I really don't think teachers dislike students for no reason at all,even tho they are not really sapost to act that way. It would be good to go and talk that teacher and just simply ask him what your son has done or is still doing to upset him. He will then have to give you an explanation. If your son did something that you think was the right thing to do, then you would just be being a parent and taking up for him in a way that he can't. Either way not adressing the situation makes things progress into something uglier.
@bb_gabs (205)
• Philippines
7 Dec 11
Hello Archaiwy! I have been a teacher before, and i don't dislike my students, even if they are the naughtiest child I have ever seen, I think there is a reason why your son's teacher sounds like he don't like your kid. We teachers have a special education on understanding your children even better, and thru experience we are learning from the children we are handling specially on their behavior. I think you just misinterpret what the teacher is saying to you about your child. Sometimes, children act differently when they are at home and school, that is why parents sometimes think the teacher is over reacting about their children's behaviour, I have seen a lot of cases like that, talk to the teacher, I know he will be more willing to listen to you for he will know your child better and I know, you will also know your child more if you will talk to his teacher.
@thewonderboy (7501)
• India
7 Dec 11
Fist of all ask your son that, why does the teacher used to scold you ?
Get the answers from him and try to correct the mistakes. This will make your child the one of the favourite student of the teacher.
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@mysticeyes17 (33)
• Philippines
7 Dec 11
how old is your son?if he is in a toddler age like 4 or 5,truly they are so naughty, so you must tell the teacher that he should have more patience in your son and must understand that in a toddler age,children especially boys are naughty.toddlers just want to explore things but if you will talk to them calmly,they will listen to you.
@chrisding (141)
• China
7 Dec 11
At this situation,i will go to teacher's home if convenience or discuss with him/her face to face but not at school.You will find the truth and I believe that that will be better than before.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
7 Dec 11
hi archaiwy this would depend on just what the young boy
did as most teachers would not be teaching if they really'disliked children. its normal for a parent to want to defend her son but you must hear the teacher out first.If the child has done a
terrible thing I c an understand the teacher being upset. as a parent when your child does something really awful I am sure you were not thrilled or happy about it.yes you are defending your son as you are his parent. but you must listen and heed what the teacher is saying.If he is out of line in this you can then go the Superintendent and make your complaint. but first remember to put this in prospective like what would you think if your son had done this at home? is it a spanking offense or just a mild misdemeanor? try to work with the school as they saw your child in school all day and you were not there.
@megamatt (14291)
• United States
8 Dec 11
It is really not professional for a teacher to have any kind of opinion about a student. Or rather, allow it to be obvious in the way they teach it. Sadly however, there are many teachers in this day and age that are not going to really be professional at all. There are times where teachers just don't like children in general but there are other times where they are single them out.
In fact, biased teachers really do affect children in horrid ways. If the teachers are spiteful, they will grow to resent that and thus they will grow to resent school. Thus it will completely ruin their prospects in life. I doubt those types of teachers care about that however. It is kind of hard to complain about such a thing as the teachers are going to get very defensive.